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Lette/rs Patent No. 93,025, dated July 2,7, 1869.

IMPROBVEIWEN T IN CLQTHESfRACK.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and rnakng part cf the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIAS WERDEN, of Pittsfield, in the countyof Berkshire, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Clothes-Rack; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled'in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a side elevation, partly in section, of-my improved clothes-rack.

Figure 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

Siniilarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new clothes-rack, which is of very simple construction, and which can, when not used, be folded together into a small space.'

The invention consists in fitting upon four or more or less vertical posts, conuectingrods,which are ar-V ranged in sections, horizontally above each other, every section being supported by shoulders of the posts.

AA, in the drawing, are posts, made of wood or other suitable material, each post having two or more Shoulders, a a, it being smaller at the upper than on the lower end, as shown.

B B are bars, made of wood or other suitable material, and provided, at suitable distances from their otherwise, so that every section is supported on onel set4 of shoulders ofthe posts.

W hen each post has but two shoulders, as in ig. 1, there will be but two sections of' bars, B, but there may be three or more sets of shoulders, if' desired.

AEvery bar, B, being swivelled, the whole frame is adjustable, and can be folded together or expanded at will. e

The bars B are held down upon the shoulders by well-fitting leather washers, c, nuts, keys, or other devices.

' Having thus described my invention,

I claim .as new, and desire to secure by vLetters Patent- Y A clothes-rack, consisting of the posts A, which have the shoulders an, and of the pivoted swinging bars B, which are arranged in sections, substantially as herein shown and described.

AThe above specification of my invention signed by nie, this 23d day of J une, 1869.`

Witnesses: ELIAS WERDEN.

FRANK BLOCKLEY,

ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

